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The Expecting and Empowered Podcast — 113 episodes

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112. Two Decades of Birth Knowledge in One Episode with Doula Erica Paulson

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111. 4 Things That Help Me Manage My Time (so I can get my workouts in!)

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110. Why Pilates Could Change Your Life for the Better (WE LAUNCHED IT INSIDE OUR APP!) with Jacquelyn Brennan

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109. The Inside Scoop on Labor and Delivery

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108. Perinatal OCD: The Often Missed or Misdiagnosed Perinatal Mood Disorder

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107. How to Stay Consistent with Your Workouts

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106. What a Labor and Delivery Nurse Needs You to Know with @nurse_sydney

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105. Having Trouble Getting Your Workouts In? Listen to THIS Episode

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104. Navigating Friendships as an Adult AND Mom with Dr. Marisa G. Franco

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103. Preventing Perineal Tearing with Krystle & Sarah Rubatt, Women's Health Physical Therapists

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102. Greatest Hits: What a Labor + Delivery Nurse Wants You To Know About Labor With @mackenzie.on.motherhood

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101. Are You Going to Have a Repeat C-section? This Episode Has Everything You Need to KNOW

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100. Fertility, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Nutrition with Registered Dietitian McKenzie Caldwell

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99. You Don’t Have to Labor or Birth on Your Back!

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98. Everything You NEED to Know About VBACS with VBAC Educator Meagan Heaton

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97. What I Wish I Would’ve Known About Labor and Delivery

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96. Raising Body Confident Kids with Author and Pediatrician Dr. Whitney Casares

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95. Doable Self-Care and Postpartum Support with Licensed Psychologist Dr. Lilit

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94. Fostering Healthy Relationships with Food and Navigating Picky Eating with Jennifer Anderson of @kids.eat.in.color

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93. You’re Not Alone: Navigating SPD in Postpartum

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92. Finding Joy in Military Spouse Life and Motherhood with Corrie Lynn

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91. Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD) Explained: Pregnancy Pain No One Talks About

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90. ​​You’ve Got Choices: Taking Ownership of Your C-Section & Recovery with Jen & Bethany from The C-Section Experience Podcast

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89. Mentally Preparing for Labor and Delivery

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88. Why Yoga is an Important Addition to the Prenatal and Postpartum Season with Taylor Kaulius

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87. Fixing Your Urgency Incontinence (And the Free Resource That You'll Need to Help!)

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86. Morgan Cutlip on Sharing the Mental Load of Parenting Better

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85. C-Section Awareness Month Special: Everything You Need to Know the First Two Weeks After a C-section

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84. Postpartum Issues They Don't Tell You About with Stacia Scott

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83. How to Find the Motivation to Make Exercise Stick

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82. How is Your Pelvic Floor Doing Postpartum? Pssst...We're Including a Free Resource that Helps You Check!

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81. All Things Sleep: Mom Edition with Sleep Dr. Shelby

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80. Running with Prolapse: How to do it Safely

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79. Why a High Pain Tolerance Alone Won't Get You the Unmedicated Birth That You're Hoping for with @alifeinlabor

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78. Labor Positions That Will Help Keep Labor Moving (Includes Our 2nd Most Downloaded Resource!)

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77. All About Pumping with Dr. Dianna Dixon of @pumpwithpurpose

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76. Greatest Hits Episode 16: Preparing Your Body and Mind For Labor + Delivery

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75. The C-Section Scar Mobilization Episode (Includes Our Most Downloaded Resource EVER!)

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74. Understanding Provider Lingo During Birth with @myessentialbirth

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73. 5 Things You Didn't Know You Could Ask For During a C-section

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72. Breaking Down Gestational Diabetes with @lilynicholsrdn

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71. Labor From a Partner's Perspective with Amy + Drew

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70. Fostering Friendly Homecomings with @dogmeets_baby

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69. How to REALISTICALLY Prioritize Yourself In the Fourth Trimester

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68. Everything You Need to Know About Epidurals With @Mackenzie.On.Motherhood

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67. Prepping Your Mind For Labor and Delivery

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66. Minimalism Doesn't Mean Getting Rid of Everything - Just the Right Things with @minimalistmomspodcast

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65. Improving Your Pregnancy Sex Life With Krystle + Amy

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64. Helping Moms Sleep One Feeding At A Time With @babysettler

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63. Building Communication With Our Kids Through Connection with @playtalklove

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62. Processing Your Birth Trauma with @thebirthtrauma_mama

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61. What's the Deal With Macros and Should I Be Counting Them With @mindinmymacros

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60. Feeding Your Baby With Confidence With @goodbabylactation

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59. Empowering Your Hormone Health with @yourhormonebalance

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58. Maintaining Your Identity in Motherhood With @experiencemotherhood

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57. What Your Enneagram Number Might be Telling You About Your Workout Habits @enneagramashton

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56. The Power Your Breath Has to Heal Your Body

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55. Why You Might Benefit from a Postpartum Doula with @physiodoula

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54. You're Not an Angry Mom, You Just Need Support with @psychedmommy

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53. Let's Talk About Sex With Dr. Emily Jamea

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52. Navigating an Unplanned Diagnosis + NICU Stay with Shanna Hutcheson

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51. Myths + Facts About Diastasis Recti (DR): Healing Your Belly After Baby

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50. @drnicolerankins OBGYN On Being Your Best Birthing Advocate

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49. Overcoming Fitness Roadblocks for Type A’s + Type B’s with Abby Green

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48. Navigating Sick Season With @resilientrascals

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47. How To Prep Your Pelvic Floor For Labor + Delivery

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46. What REALLY Happens During Labor With Mommy Labor Nurse

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45. Everything You Need to Know About Preventing Tearing During Labor

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44. Battling Perfectionism + Navigating Working Motherhood with @momwell

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43. How to Support Your TTC Journey Through Nutrition with @ttc.nutritionist

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42. Why Everyone Should See A Women's Health PT

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41. Optimizing Your Hormonal Health with Dr. Corina Dunlap

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40. Simplifying Your Mom Life with @katyjoywells

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39. Mantras and Mindsets for Labor + Delivery

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38. Pain Management Strategies For Labor With Birth Doula Elizabeth Joy

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37. Your Burning Questions About Exercising In Pregnancy Answered

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36. Fueling Your Body and Creating a Positive Relationship With Food With @antidietmama

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35. Krystle Howald's Second and Third C-section Birth + Recovery

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34. Integrative Health And The Small Things You Can Do To Improve Your Well-being @kate.eskuri

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33. Navigating Parenthood From the Non-Birth Partner Perspective with Eli Weinstein, LCWS

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32. Amy Kiefer's Unmedicated Birth Of Baby #3

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31. Maintaining Your Sense of Self with Dr. Morgan Cutlip

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30. Strength Training Or Cardio - What's Right For Me?

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29. Must Know Skin + Hair Care For Pregnancy and Postpartum With Dr. Fatima From @dermy_doctor

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28. What Actually Happens After A Hospital Birth With @mackenzie.on.motherhood

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27. What a Labor + Delivery Nurse Wants You To Know About Labor With @mackenzie.on.motherhood

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26. How to Build Sustainable, Healthy Habits As a Busy Mom

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25. Dr. Alice On Healing Your Birth Trauma

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24. Understanding the Stages of Labor and How to Work With Our Bodies

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23. Larissa from @steadyparents on Managing Overstimulation During the Little People Years

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22. 4 Tips for Getting Your Workout In During the Busy Little People Years

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21. Abby Green's Experience with Prolapse

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20. Dr. Angel Montfort on Perinatal Mental Health + Anxiety

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19. Lacey Yasick's Positive, Pitocin Free Induction

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18. Amber Latsch, CNM on Why You Might Want a Midwife

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17. Urinary Incontinence Doesn’t Have to Be a “Normal” Part of Motherhood

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16. Preparing Your Body and Mind for Labor + Delivery

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15. Amy Kiefer's Second Birth Story: A Swift Bedside Delivery

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14. Dr. Cassidy On Navigating Your Mental Health From Trying to Conceive Through the Postpartum Period

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13. Jacquelyn Brennan on Empowering Your Core After Baby

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12. Everything You Need to Know the First Two Weeks After a C-Section

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11: Everything You Need to Know the First Two Weeks After a Vaginal Birth

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10. Krystle Howald's First C-section With Breech Baby Brooke

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9. Rachel & Stacey of Decoding Couples on Navigating Parenthood with Your Partner

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8. Kayleigh Medeiros Precipitous Labor Ends In A Car Birth

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7. Dr. Whitney Casares of Modern Mommy Doc on How to Make Working Motherhood Work

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6. Hey Shayla on Hypnobirth and Preparing for Baby #2

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5. Molly Chesterson's Positive Planned Induction for Baby #3

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4. Olena Gudz Danko of C-section Strong On Why C-section Empowerment Matters

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3. Amy Kiefer's Empowering Unmedicated Hospital Birth (Baby #1)

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2. Brooke Miller, Registered Dietitian On Fueling Your Body Postpartum

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1. Welcome to the Expecting and Empowered Podcast!

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